James Bryant House & McLendon Cabin

Name: James Bryant House & McLendon Cabin
Address: 3361 Mount Carmel Road, Carthage, NC, 28327, US
Telephone: (910) 692-2051

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James Bryant House & McLendon Cabin

James Bryant House, built circa 1820. Joel McLendon Cabin built circa 1760. Bryant later built the manor house there about 1820. Ernest Ives, Mrs. Mrs.

On land passed down from his mother's family, the Grahams, James Bryant acquired the McLendon Place early in the 19th century with the McLendon Cabin already in place. James Bryant's great-granddaughter, Flossie Bryant Davis and her children, gave the house with 3.4 acres to the Moore County Historical Association in 1969. Restoration of the structure in the early 1970s included straightening of t

he chimneys and replacement of the shake roof. Special features include two fine mantels, handmade doors and window sash, hand-hewn heart pine girders and sills. Neither dwelling had been altered prior to restoration and both had been continuously occupied until the 1940s. Furnishings for the house were acquired for the Moore County Historical Association by Mrs. John Labouisse and the Davis family. Both the Bryant House and the McLendon Cabin were opened to the public in May 1976. Davis, then 91 years old, attended the opening with several of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Davis was born and grew up in the house and raised her own family of six boys and seven girls there.

05/14/2026

This is not a picture of either the Bryant House, or Mclendon cabin, but it is a picture of what downtown Southern Pines looked like when the cabin and house were already well up in years. In 1887, the cabin would have already been more than 100 years old, and the house more than 60. Just a little historical perspective for our Thursday afternoon! Thank you to the Moore County Historical Association and Southern Pines Welcome Center for sharing this awesome picture!

MOORE COUNTY Historical Assn
An 1887 photo of early Southern Pines at East New Hampshire Avenue. Note wheel tracks in the sand. The house is the Patrick Hotel was an interim shelter to house Southern Pines' early settlers. The pavilion on the far right was the town's first railroad station.

04/17/2026

Early birds for tomorrow's event at the Bryant House & McLendon Cabin. Anita & Rick from Michigan, Carol from 7Lakes.

04/16/2026

Come join us this Saturday, April 18th!

11/23/2025

Christmas time's a comin' 🎄The houses will be decorated in the usual Christmas attire crafted from nature's bounty. Bluegrass group, Hammer 'n Song will play the first half of the event ; students from Union Pine HS orchestra will play the last half. Wash down homemade cookies with warm apple cider and cocoa.

10/06/2025

Great class at the Bryant House and Mclendon Cabin today. We had a group of 10 come learn about making red and purple dye from the lichens that grow on the crepe myrtle trees in front of the house. We had some reds starting to develop even before class was over!

07/27/2025

Have you ever seen such a rustic staircase as this one in Mclendon Cabin? Or heard the intriguing secret that involved the triangular eves section over the front porch of the Bryant House? Come see us on one of our open tour days to hear these stories and more!

2pm to 4pm on the 2nd and 4th Sundays from June through October.

Address

3361 Mount Carmel Road
Carthage, NC
28327

Telephone

(910) 692-2051

Website

http://www.moorehistory.com/

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